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California employers added 40,200 non-agricultural jobs in October, according to data released earlier this month. Despite that increase, the state’s jobless rate rose to 4.8 percent – up 0.1 percent from September and 0.7 percent year-over-year – the state Employment Development Department reported. Jobs in the state’s 11 major industries …

Mitchell Bradford has had a long successful career in real estate development.  He recently joined the talented team at Jeff Burum’s Diversified Pacific. According to a press release from the company: “His 35 years of experience and leadership in the industry as a homebuilder and multi-family investor/owner will play a …

An estimated 182 million people are expected to shop during the five-day Thanksgiving Day weekend, according to the National Retail Federation. That would be 15.7 million more people than shopped last year – both in-store and online – from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, the trade association reported in a …

Nearly 900 people gathered Nov. 15 at the Riverside Convention Center for the 21st Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards. Sponsored by the Inland Empire Spirit of Entrepreneurship at Cal State Bernardino, the annual black-tie affair celebrates business acumen in the Inland Empire. This year’s award recipients, chosen from 32 finalists, …

Gary Woods has been named superintendent of the Temecula Valley Unified School District. A public and private school teacher for 33 years, the district’s board of trustees on Nov. 13 voted 3-2 to make Woods head of the district, according to a district statement. The vote, which happened in a …

Ontario has received $350,000 in federal funds that it will use to develop safer roads and reduce traffic accidents. The grant from the Department of Transportation will help pay for a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, which will cover driver and pedestrian safety throughout the city, according to a statement released …